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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
I appreciate your response, but this is not about your personal assessment of e-ink readers versus mine, Zetmolm. No reason to dismiss a public performance-related problem based on your impressions of personal use. The stakes are completely different.
This site is full of threads about tablets versus e-ink. Whereas I've never even seen a post asking about e-readers for public performances during the three years I've been on MR.
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Thank you for your very clear and extensive response. I do get your point.
I was not trying to start yet another discussions about tablets versus E Ink. What triggered my response is that in your post you seem to suggest that E Ink readers are 'by definition' slow and unstable. That is not the case. That's basically what I wanted to say.
I've been in front of audiences hundreds of times. I know what it is when hundreds of people are watching and listening to you and a camera is running. I've never done your type of public reading, but if I had to, I would trust my ereader because it never failed me yet for private reading.
But my point is not that I'm trying to persuade you to try yet another E Ink reader. Your experience with these devices is different than mine, and it seems that your requirements as to page turning speed are stricter than mine. When you're out there on the stage you should be fully comfortable with whatever tools you are using, so that you can focus completely on your performance without any worry that something might go wrong. Based on what you're saying it's clear that a tablet is more likely to do that for you than an E Ink reader.
Given that fact, any top model from one of the major brands would do the job. As you are going to have to spend quite some money anyway, I would also consider the iPad. As to the reading app that's best, probably none of the existing ones was developed with public reading in mind, and a lot depends on personal preference. I'd try out a number of them and see which one works best for you.